In order to support our students who are working from home during this time we would like to share a weekly planner that students and their parents can download and use to help them plan their time.

Staff are being asked to be in regular contact with classes via email and google classroom and keeping updating the available work for students.

If your child is having any issues accessing the work online or using google classroom please contact IT support ict-support@burnsidecollege.org.uk.

Business & Computing

After Easter, all Business & Computing work will be set on Google Classroom on a week by week basis.

English

English Literature:

Massolit – resources on all components for Drama and Poetry! 

EDUQAS Literature Blog– Great blog for A Level students; everything links to eduqas exam board. Read articles, watch videos and make revision notes. 

https://getrevising.co.uk/  – sign up (free!) and search for units relevant to course and exam board. Loads of resources here. Read, make notes. 

Revision textbooks for each component – make your own notes/mindmaps. 

Exam-style questions will be emailed to students directly. 

English Language:

OCR Top Tips Blog – top exam tips direct from the exam board! 

Revision Document – Language Change revision booklet. 

https://getrevising.co.uk/  – sign up (free!) and search for units relevant to the course and exam board. Loads of resources here. 

Revision textbook for course. 

https://debuk.wordpress.com – link to linguist Deborah Cameron’s blog – great for up to date Language and Gender thoughts

http://www.davidcrystal.com – The official website of the great DC himself. 

Lexicon Valley – is a great podcast done by the American linguist Jon McWhorter. Well worth investigating – search in particular for relevant topics such as gender, technology, change, power and acquisition.

‘Fry’s English Delight’ – you know what I think about Stephen Fry’s Radio 4 language programme – see if you can get listening to some too! Try looking out for his TV series ‘Planet Word’ – top notch stuff.

Exam style questions will be emailed to students directly.

Geography

All work will be shared and marked via the google classroom for your specific subject teachers. Please can you make sure to check the classroom daily for updates.

Health & Social Care

Year 12: Tasks have been set by email. Marking is shown on the student tracker.

Year 13: Tasks have been set and can be updated via email. Marking is shown on the student tracker.

Maths

Class teachers will be uploading lessons on a weekly basis to Google Classrooms. All students should visit their Google Classrooms to access their online lessons and login details for websites.

Music

Students will receive work through Google Classroom. Please check and complete all work which has been set. Communicate through classroom or email if you are unsure or require further guidance.

Religious Studies

Years 12-13: Religious Studies lessons and resources for Year 12 will be shared via the Google classroom on the days you would normally have had the lesson. Please email your class teacher directly for any support on the lessons. Year 13 students will be set personalised work depending on their chosen degree subject.

Science

Year group Work that will be set on google classroom until Easter holidays  Work that will be set on google classroom for Summer Term Part 1
Key Stage 5 Individual subject teachers will set students work via google classroom

We appreciate that students might struggle with learning from home so we encourage students to share their work via email or google classroom in an electronic format e.g google docs or google slides so that we can assess how students are coping with the content we have set. 

We will do our very best to provide students with meaningful feedback on student work and address any common misconceptions students have. 

We also encourage students to ask their teachers questions via email or google classroom if they are unsure of anything, again we will do our very best to get back to students as soon as possible.

As well as the resources we have supplied the students with there are a number of other useful websites students can access to gain further support in their learning – these are listed below. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqbOeHaAUXw9Il7sBVG3_bw – Free Science Lessons – these video clips are tailored specifically to the GCSE specifications we use. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize Just seek out the key stage and exam board (AQA for yr 9 and 10)

https://www.primrosekitten.com/ – useful video links for AQA GCSE Combined and Separate sciences 

https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/info/online-editions-digital-products – if students have bought revision guides at key stage 3 and 4 

https://www.senecalearning.com/ – an excellent resource to support revision and checking of key content – assignments will be set by teachers but also students can complete their own tasks independently to further their learning.

Sport Science

Y12 Sport Science

Work is being set for students by Miss Connor through Google Classroom. Students are aware of what needs to be done. New assignments will be uploaded in a timely manner.